:: GOP Allied Media Group Orders Affiliates To Preempt "Nightline" Show Honoring Slain U.S. Troops [link]



:: Citing political reasons, the Sinclair Broadcast Group ordered its ABC affiliates to preempt a broadcast of ABC News' "Nightline" where host Ted Koppel will read the names of every U.S. soldier killed in combat in Iraq. 98 percent of Sinclair's political contributions in 2004 have gone to Republican candidates.



:: “That’s ridiculous,” Beth Whitener told the Asheville Citizen-Times. Whitener’s husband, 19-year-old Army Pfc. Joey Whitener was killed Nov. 15 when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Mosul, Iraq.



“I think it’ s more than appropriate to show those faces because they were over there fighting for our freedom. I think they have a right to be honored and shown on TV.” More from soldier's families here.



:: "Despite the denials by a spokeswoman for the show, the action appears to be motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq." said Sinclair.



:: skippy has a great piece filled with pertinent links on the Sinclair Group Niteline censorship.



:: My ABC Ted Koppel station is owned by the Sinclair Group so I won't be able to see the show tonight. Here's what I sent FAIR and to the WLOS station:

Dear WLOS:

I am disappointed in your decision to boycott the Ted Koppel Niteline show tonight, April 30, 2004.



I remember as a younger girl looking at the pictures in Life magazine of fallen US soldiers. And respectfully watching them arrive at Dover to much decorum and celebrated fanfare. I appreciated the effort even more when I could see a family during their terrible times. The nation joined together in their grief as I was able to sympathize with them.



Ultimately, I was able to see how important diplomacy is. How important it is to make every effort to avoid war to begin with. But if inevitable, how great the sacrifice.

I can see Iran or North Korea or China censoring these kinds of programs. But not the US. And for Sinclair to claim Ted Koppel has an agenda tied to this program only appears desperate and makes me ask what can they be afraid of if this show airs?

Have any advertisers pulled out? That's usually a television station's programming guideline. Picking and choosing what to show is censorship. Pure and simple. And it will not stand.



Sincerely,

Susan XXXXXXXXX

Asheville, NC

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Debut release from those Ashevillian Funk-Folksters, Peace Jones, with its multi-talented, flute sputtering lead man Paul DeCirce. THE PATH NARROWS is a concise tour through folk, country, funk and ballad melodies with a heavy blues downbeat and was recorded last spring and released this February. Go have a listen to Peace Jones' The Path Narrows.



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Wed night I had a sick child up all night long. We slept late Thursday morning and went to the doctor's appt; Strep throat. I shamefully forgot Jenn's birthday wishes for April 29, Thursday. I hope you had a blast, Jenn.



Is it Friday already? ....Is it May tomorrow?

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Ticket Stubs - A site about events surrounding your story along with your uploaded ticket stub.



May 9, 1969. It was a few months before I'd turn 17. In my new red Buick convertible Bill Sherrod and I drove down to Charlotte that weekend to see the Hendrix concert. We smoked a little weed and had a few beers that we opened with a church key.



At the coliseum we saw cops in riot gear (helmets, chest shields, and various whacking and spraying apparati standing arms length apart in front of the stage facing the crowd), and a friendly sea of hippies, as we took our seats in the balcony. Jimi opened the set with Purple Haze, and I saw why the riot squad was there.



It was as if someone suddenly flipped a switch on. People were charging towards Jimi and diving off the balconies onto the floor below to get a closer look at our new guitar God. He played from his Are You Experienced album with his teeth, behind his head, and setting the guitar on fire and playing it between his legs. When we could get our bearing, our stoned selves ended up face to face with the stoned-face riot cops by the stage, which happened to be the best view in the house, while the crowd was still surging forward just to be as close as possible to the great and powerful Jimi.



Leaving Charlotte that night, I had much to think about. I knew I'd experienced something quite phenomenal; even sacred. In three short months, Max Yasgur's farm would be the venue of my epiphany-bound spirit. I had been inducted into a very special club inhabited in some sweet, sweet universe never to touch down.



Snipped from my impending tale of Memoirs. Ed.

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:: The Revolution Will Not Be Blogged

To see beyond their own little world and get a sense of what's really going on, journalists and readers need to get out of their pajamas. [Link]



:: What your computer is actually doing while you wait... [click here] via ~ office attachments

Which Bob Dylan song are you? Tangled Up In Blue

Click Here to Take This Quiz Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.

:: if you had one word...

Sum up your opinion or impression of me in one word, leave it as a comment in this posting, and then post this sentence in your own journal/blog.



[via ~ Shirl via Susan]





You've come to the end of the line. Nothing more to see here.

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Bush 'Seizure' Answer to his Awful Press Conference Performance?



Note: The following material is from a reporter with access to the White House and Presidential press briefings. Some of this material has surfaced before but only in small segments. If any of this is true and not the product of an unhappy person, we are all in serious trouble. Ed. And I'm just passing it along as a "clever bit of speculation."



"Vice President Cheney is the de facto President of the United States. When he arrives at the White House for one of his "briefings" of the President, all employees are cleared from the West Wing and especially from the Presidential office suites. Cheney arrives in an escorted armored limousine surrounded by his own personal, heavily armed bodyguard and is always shown directly into the President's office. It is reliably reported by [redacted] that Bush has a thick pad of lined, yellow note paper on his desk, placed there by [redacted] just before the Vice President arrives."



"At some time in the past, according to both [redacted] and [redacted] the President suffered what one of his aides called "a very minor seizure" and as a result of this, the President has a very difficult time following any unscripted conversations. For this reason, his staff carefully and aggressively protect the President from "unexpected" questions that he is not capable of answering."



"The President takes oral medication at least twice a day according to [redacted] because of an unspecified "indisposition' and this subject is strictly off limits for any casual staff conversation."



"At one point during a staff conference, the President stood up and began to speak in an unknown language. Mr. Rove was able to stop the President and get him to resume his seat. It was reported by [redacted] that for a period of time (about fifteen minutes) after this incident, the President appeared to be 'somewhat confused and very inarticulate.'"



“Bush hold as few meetings with the public, including the press, as possible. We get reams of official papers informing us of this or that new directive. Those of us who have an inside track with the staff are taken to dinner and given the questions to ask Bush. These are questions he has been thoroughly briefed on and has memorized the answers for. Anyone who persists in pushing the envelope gets a rocket from the Rove people and does not get invited back.”



Above c & p the way the article reads. Even if there's a kernel of truth in there someplace, you have to wonder about the agenda behind the intended or covert leak. [link]



Because we all could use a little head every once in awhile.

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:: Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Mall and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday to show their support for abortion rights, loudly identifying President Bush as the leading enemy of "reproductive freedom." They sure did look good and C-SPAN2 carried it live.



:: More about the Rolling Stones film of their drug bust in 1967: The movie will be titled A Butterfly on a Wheel, and is to be filmed next year by HBO. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were given prison sentences for possessing drugs, but were later dropped after much public outcry. It became a dividing line between the establishment and everyone else. The roles of Jagger, Richards and Jagger's then-girlfriend, Marianne Faithfull, will be cast next year. I do hope the parts go to actual British actors. [link]



:: 101 Insights - Scroll down the page, ask a question and pick a card for some, uh, insight.



:: This week Asheville had an infamous hate-monger and his entourage in town protesting The Laramie Project, the Matthew Sheppard play at a local university. Jay, from bird on the moon, delivered a speech yesterday at the counter-protest rally in support of Gay Pride.



"I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I've been changed several times since then" - in Wonderland

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Are you onboard? Designs On The White House is a grassroots fund-raising organization in support of the John Kerry 2004 Presidential campaign. We aim to mobilize the creative community through an online design contest, judged by designers, celebrities, and activists. Winning designs will be available for resale on T-shirts and other products, and all proceeds after expenses will benefit the John Kerry Presidential campaign. Stop by and ask them how you can help out.



One nation under surveillance.

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{Saturday Silliness}WARNING:

This special circus exhibit contains shocking documentation of Plush-toy tragedies. [link]



:: Shiny, Shiny - A new gadget weblog for the ladies, it appears. Why'd you go and pink it up? Talking about "cute" gadgets and the cuteness factor and side-by-side Kate Spade ads. Although many will drool over your finds, how can you expect to seriously run with the big dogs when you're segregating half the population?



:: Peace Ride for Tibet's Independence ends today in Toronto and began over two weeks ago in Washington, DC. [link]

Candian Prime Minister met with the Dalai Lama yesterday, but since Canada has close relations with China, he insisted their visit would be a spiritual one, not a politica one. I couldn't help but imagine George Bush and the Dalai Lama having a serious talk. Would George give his holiness noogies upon arrival? Offer him a brewski? "We gotta get you outta that frock and into some jeans and cowboy boots, my man." [link]



:: Illustrated Complete Summary of Gravity's Rainbow. via ~ List.



:: March For Women's Lives Sunday (thanks, Tish) in Washington, DC; saw where there'll be a live feed on Indymedia, I believe.

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:: People's Park 35th Anniversary Faire and Concert

Sunday, April 25, 2004 [link]

2003 Celebration Pics - they're having too much fun

NSFW - [link]

SFW - [link]



:: Mumia Abu-Jamal's 50th birthday celebration today in Philadelphia. [link]



saturday morning me//

husband's oversized white tee/long batik skirt

barefoot/dirty dreads wrapped/i'm sapped/

folgers IV #2/gauloise blonde #2/pepto chewable#1/

eating: fresh strawberries, 1/2 wheat bagel/

listening: muddy waters' champagne & reefer/

today's forecast: slovenly behaviour/

so hows about you?/

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{Friday Fun} or rifling through the ol' archives

Talking Boards Revisited- Gallery of old and current boards and other games.



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Or, play Kabala

You and a partner are instructed to start the game with the chant: "PAX, SAX, SARAX, HOLA, NOA, NOSTRA." Click on the above picture for your kabala reading.

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This photo and many more documenting the journey home via Dover from Memory Hole after filing with the FOIA. The photographer, Tami Silicio was fired, which appears to be a more publishable story as her original photo is on the front page of most papers around the world this morning.





story via~ American Samizdat.

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Charlie Is My Darling

Shot in Belfast and Dublin over the space of three days during the Rolling Stones' 1965 Irish tour 'Charlie Is My Darling' enjoys cult status as the great missing Stones documentary and gets three rare screenings during Triptych courtesy of the Stones once upon a time svengali in chief Andrew Loog Oldham.



Among the memorable fly on the wall scenes captured on film are Mick and Keef drunkenly trying out their Elvis impersonations and Brian Jones prophetically reflecting on his lack of a future with the band he had founded while, the songs featured on the soundtrack include 'Get Off Of My Cloud', 'Heart Of Stone', 'Play With Fire' and 'Satisfaction'. Sure would love to see this documentary. [more...]



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Fresh hope for Suu Kyi's release. Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house arrest within a few days, according to her party chairman, Aung Shwe. Burman's first democratically elected President has been under house arrest by the military strongmen who rule Burma. They have made the country a global byword for backwardness and brutality. Absolutely phenomenal being the first democratically elected president in Burma. Outstanding that the president is a woman. Soon after elected, the ruling junta arrested her and the world waits for her release. Some think it may be soon this time. Many nations have boycotted Burma and their products.



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Happy Thursday! $1.77 a gallon for Regular gas this morning. Highest I've ever paid. And, while still in shock, I almost hit another deer this morning on the highway. He was grazing on the grass right beside the asphalt.

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Oh, yeah, I chumped out on the No TV thing. (See previous post) I had the television on from Sunday night to see one of my all time favorite films, "La Femme Nikita", starring the breath-takingly beautiful Anne Parillaud. The original French version (1990) by director Luc Besson who also wrote and directed another favorite, The Fifth Element. The Nikita music is so pulsating and mesmerizing; quite possibly the best movie score I've ever heard.



And then there's CNN International humming along evenings in the background until Trio, Link TV, Sundance, or IFC has something good to watch.



Witchy and Anathea already said they weren't giving up their tv either. Have you ever given up television viewing? Or maybe some don't even watch it at all. If you're an avid viewer, it may take a lot for you to stop watching, but I'd like to think I'm a wise viewer, and that I've given wise informative viewing ideas to my kids as well. Besides, I couldn't possibly miss The Truth About Gay Animals on Trio Wednesday night, could I?

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Trojan Pleasure: Sexual Organ - via: Geisha Asobi

Select one of four backing tracks, and then play the keyboard for wave after wave after wave of glorious ecstasy-filled music. Read: Music accompaniment for pron. OK silliness for work if you don't crank it up.



Yes, cram this weekend. Because Monday begins TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Network is a national nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. Can you actually do it or will you rationalize, like I probably will, on how you'll suffer if you miss all those educational shows?



Earth Mandalas - Make your own mandala on the computer from your favorite graphic. via: zenlunatic who with a beautiful new baby finds the time to open up her own store very soon.



And Bryn is also opening up her store really soon. These two lovely spirits are following their dreams and we can vicariously come along for the ride as they post pictures of their latest developments.



Jumping in the shower and he says, "Great, you can wash my hair!"

His favorite foods and wine by candlelight to no avail

He asks you what a Brazilian is and you show him

...Priceless.

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John Malkovich is thumbing a ride on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a Disney adaptation of the Douglas Adams novel. Malkovich will play a religious cult leader called Humma Kavula, created by the late author especially for the long-gestating film.



April 27 - The Weather Underground

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, several hundred young women and men tried to spark a socialist revolution. The Weathermen waged a low-level war against the U.S. government: bombing the Capitol building, breaking Timothy Leary out of prison and evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history. The Weathermen were a surviving faction of the SDS. (Where are the Weathermen now?) [link]



{Past Re-visited}

I recall Cliff Potts came by the university in his converted old bread truck and parked in front of the Student Center where all us 'ne'er do wells' were lounging. He set up a table with SDS pamphlets and we all signed up and discussed Nixon's pending visit to the campus and talked to us about the ROTC program and how to take over that building in protest of Vietnam. Within a year I was onboard with NOW, SDS, and for fun, Montrose, a performance troupe of drama and art majors and assorted strays named for the historic Montrose building that now housed many university students (read: freaks). I was eighteen and felt electrically plugged in, challenged and scared.



saturday morning me//

black tank top/aqua low waisted sweats/

barefoot/green tea #2/rye toast/oj/

good hair day/i'm wearing a hat/

good husband day/he's off running errands/

listening: shoutcast radio/

so how about you?/



Just a molotov cocktail missing a match.

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Right Wing Eye - Watch the movie. See Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Falwell, Ralph Reed, and Pat Robertson tell us how to live our lives. (Works great on my dial-up.) via~BeliefNet

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Why do all my daughter's friends happen to be gay and bisexual? Is it her? Yes, it's her. She's always been uninhibited and very open and told us she was bisexual when she was 13 and she's now 15. Which is fine with her Father and I. I hope I'm able to provide the right support, advice or encouragement when it's needed.



We're happy she's free enough to talk to us about something so personal. She's had some hard times at school because of her honesty. Although it is a different era, being gay is still not acceptable to some. And never will be.



I'm not sure if she's still searching for who she is, and parenting a teen daughter who's still exploring her own sexuality is uncharted territory for us. But if she ever needs a soft place to land she knows we'll always provide that for her; gay, straight, bi, or whatever.

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With thousands of people expected in New York to protest the convention, but hotels and hostels booking fast, why not organize a campout, from, say, Aug. 27 to Sept. 12, for 20,000 people in East River Park, with a "welcoming center" in Tompkins Square Park? Why not call it the Abbie Hoffman-John Lennon Camporee? Why not have bongos, yoga, massages, weddings (gay and otherwise), street theater and the like? Ahhh, Springtime in New York. [link]

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Romantic and Voluptuous, By Mark Miller

"Romantic, sensitive, sincere, caring, honest, affectionate 25-year-old non-smoking male, a Kevin Costner lookalike, with great sense of humor, Ph.D. in Business, runs own advertising agency, enjoys sports, nature, movies, theater, restaurants, dancing--seeks sincere woman for friendship and good conversation."



Dear Romantic: I nearly fainted when I read your personals ad, because it pretty much described my ideal man. So even though I'm sure you'll be overwhelmed with responses, here's mine: I'm a bright, honest, loving, considerate, vivacious, outgoing 23-year-old, blonde, voluptuous, non-smoking female, often described as a Darryl Hannah lookalike. I am independently wealthy, and love exotic travel, gourmet cooking, and passionate embraces in front of a roaring fire. I am yearning for your reply.



Dear Voluptuous: Thank you for your wonderful letter in response to my ad. Coincidentally, you described my ideal woman. Unfortunately, I wasn't exactly 100% honest about myself in my ad. But your letter touched me to such a degree that I've decided to stop deluding myself and others. So even though it may cost me the loss of meeting you, here's the truth: I'm a 46-year-old Abe Vigoda lookalike, who smokes like a chimney, dropped out of high school to steal cars, still lives with my parents, and haven't the slightest idea how to function in a social situation.



Dear Romantic: I can't tell you how relieved I was to receive your refreshingly honest letter. I, too, have had it with all the artifice, the game-playing, the misrepresentation. So please allow me to revise my initial ad, as well: I'm a 52-year-old, enormously overweight woman, interested solely in my next meal. I suffer from indescribable body odor, but it doesn't bother me too much, as I spend most of my days dealing with the voices that I hear, commanding me to do the bidding of Emperor Borgar, ruler of my home planet. I am currently working, gutting fish, at Harvey's Carp-O-Rama, but it's the evening shift, so I have my days free to tend to my open sores and seventeen cats. I also like looking in people's windows while drooling. [more »]



TV Turnoff 2004 - April 19-25

What happens during a seven-day experiment in life without TV? A whole new space to think emerges. You find yourself passing time in ways you never expected. And you start to wonder: when I reach for the remote, who is really in control? View posters from previous years here. Adbusters link via ollapodrida







{Fast Links}

:: Be Here Now by Paul Krassner [link]

:: Realist
:: Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon sizes up a new medium for his superhero, the Escapist. [link]



{this day in history}

April 14, 1966 -- Swiss pharmaceutical firm Sandoz discontinues production of LSD. Owsley smiles. via daily bleed



{bullshit cliché of the week} - "war footing"



I feel a sin coming on.

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The Dover Effect

The Photo They Don't Want You To See



You know how I abhor posting stories and pictures that everyone else in the world is posting and I try for originality as much as I can, but this needs to be out there. Why not bring them home properly instead of hiding their homecoming? When the Vietnam vets sadly came home this way, there were official Drill Teams and Official Parades to meet them; along with the whole thing being televised. Even their burials. We act like we're ashamed of them now when they've paid the ultimate sacrifice. via Benedict Spinoza @ American Samizdat via Bartcop

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Canada Seal Hunt Begins

2,500 men and 150 trawlers to gather for intensive 36-hour phase of cull on April 12, TODAY. Up to 10,000 seals to be killed per daylight hour. The cull of the seals has always been controversial as many have been clubbed to death, but new guidelines mean more will be killed using guns. This is so obscene i don't know where to begin. As I understand it, it's done because too many seals are eating the fish that so many fishermen/women depend on.link



:: Alright, everybody else is doing it....I probably should have cheated and reached for something more ethereal, but this is what I was re-reading last night.



1. Grab the nearest book.

2. Open the book to page 23.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"Of course, junkies don't as a rule die from the withdrawal of junk."

Junky - by William S Burroughs

:: George Says - A George Bush comic generator. Tell him what to say. via Chapel-Perilous and btw if you've never been to bsti's Chapel-Perilous group weblog, you may be missing out on something mighty fine from the Chapelers. It's been in my "Cool as Shit/Hip as Hell" favorites file forever.



:: April 13, 2001 - My weblog/journal anniversay #3 today.

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The Bushiad and the Idyossey

Demonstrates that when power-mad, testosterone-poisoned religious fanatics in league with greedy multinational corporations wield unlimited military might, all humanity is vulnerable. Well done! [link] via Liz Donovan



PBS had a great documentary on Emma Goldman last night, who it was reported, was expelled by the US for promoting anarchy and revolution. On a cold December morning in 1919, just after midnight, Emma Goldman, her comrade Alexander Berkman, and more than 200 other foreign-born radicals were roused from their Ellis Island dormitory beds to begin their journey out of the United States for good.



We are having a huge thunderstorm and hail here in North Carolina last night and this morning. Hope my old roof holds up. Nasty.

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April 12, 1989 -- Abbie Hoffman, Yippie peace activist of the 60's, dead at 52. Fifteen years ago. Murder or suicide? Read about Abbie on Stew Albert's website as he describes Abbiestock, the day Abbie took over the NYSE. Stew and Abbie had many adventures together.



His Steal This Book was a must have. Another ode to Abbie at the Pax Acidus site. (also a great read)



{Abbie Hoffman Quote}

"Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."



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:: New York Dolls, (most of them) reunite at Morrissey's request - [link]



:: David Bowie has teamed up with carmaker Audi for a "mash-up" contest for a chance to win a 2004 Audi TT coupe. Enter the contest here. Who is NOT doing a car ad?



Moshes to Yanni.

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I don't need to check the calendar to see that it's



Monday

With Friday morning bank deposits that didn't post until I went up there today (always save your deposit slips until you're credited); and then someone left the car window down and it had rained all over the seats; daughter's still out on Spring Break; I've not done my taxes; did anyone pay the water bill yet?, and dear MIL's thinking about coming up for a visit.



It can only get better from here. It can, can't it?

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To Pay Taxes Or To Not Pay Taxes

Nationwide Events to Protest Taxes For War - Asheville, NC - Fools of Conscience. (828) 277-0758 or clafey@main.nc.us. Around 4/1 and 4/15. Actions and coordination of donations to/from the Taxes for Life! Alternative Fund. See link for other cities around the country. [link]



The Western Whitehouse - [link] via...EDonovan @ the Herald.



Reporter Kevin Sites has an updated post on his site this morning from Baghdad. [link]



Feel free to jump in at any time on our Saturday Morning Me; and tell us how you've shifted into laid-back/weekend mode.



saturday morning me//

hazelnut coffee #2/gauloise blonde #2/

black footless tights/long black paisley skirt/

white v-neck tiny tee/black ballet slippers/

scrambled cheese eggs with salsa/

and one cadbury chocolate egg/

listening: ben harper on winamp/

so how about you?/



Appreciate me now and avoid the rush.

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Oh, no. It's officially Spring Break!

It's scary because I remember what I was up to when I was 16 with too much time on my hands and this morning I've got a basement floor full of sleeping 16 year olds.



:: Condi Cartoon - Safe for work. [link]



:: Pundits to Kerry: Move Right

Every four years, loud voices in the media advise the Democratic presidential candidate to abandon progressive stances and occupy the political center. With Sen. John Kerry having emerged as the presumable nominee, the pundits are once again issuing the same prescription. [link]



Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps.

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{Music & The Maharishi}



I heard Beck's Bolero this morning and began wondering...WEHT Jeff Beck? He was a Guitar God when I was younger. Each release was anticipated with extreme excitement and repetitive playing until the grooves wore down on the lp or the 8-track tape unfurled.



He still turns out great music; most recently Jeff in Aug 2003 and he won his 4th grammy in February for Plan B.



:: Robin Sylar - The Texas axe-man's blues cred is impeccable: says Ken Shimamoto. Sylar has played with Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Doyle Bramhall. Say no more. Where can I get a listen?



:: Local guitar wizard and Asheville native, Warren Haynes, is the Dave Grohl of southern rock; a busy guy. He's currently in Government Mule, also plays lead for the Allman Brothers, and is playing with the Dead tour this summer. He's mighty damn good and just the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet and stops by every now and then to play the local music rooms with his friends.



:: Shit, Somebody Stole My Crack! - Misguided idiot reports crack cocaine theft to officers. [link]



:: Psychedelic Furs in Asheville Monday.



:: "Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen..." They sure have, Bob. We placed you so high on a pedestal, it's hard not to falter from time to time. But I got over my initial shock to your electric guitar and I got over the John Wesley Harding album and eventually accepted it. And I'll get over the Victoria's Secret gig, too.



:: Some words of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s that have made a deep impression on my brain are, "The world is as you are." Like many things I’ve heard Maharishi say, these words seem to come back to me often. via...beneath buddha's eyes



Democrats must be sexy. Who ever heard of a great piece of elephant?

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{bush's vietnam?}

What can you say about Iraq? That it's 'George Bush's Vietnam'? What's wrong with Ted Kennedy's statement?



Iraq is not war lite like Kuwait, Bosnia, Granada. It's shaping up to be a war of Vietnam proportions, Vietnam atrocities. Not a between-meal-snack or an Atkins or South Beach diet kind of war. A main course war with real butter and oil. A deep-fried, stick to your ribs, chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatos, salad, mamma's homemade biscuits, and a glass of sweet tea kind of war.



{let the revolution begin}

After Steven Soderberg finishes filming Oceans Twelve, he'll reteam with Benicio del Toro (he directed him in "Traffic") for Che, the film about Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Filming scheduled to begin August 2005. [link]



{rumors of war}

The opposition is now rumored to have some of the coalition troops captured. [link]



{blog site of the week}

The Spiraling Cycle website has long been a major player and is divided sections with loads of great links. Social change, blogs/journals, book lists, and websites.

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Blog hit and run post for you.



Say it ain't so, Bobby. [link] via...gaping lotus





Joe Strummer film to premiere next month at Tribeca Film Festival.





PETA Protest over IAMS again today in Asheville.







I hate to sound off like a old doddering fool, but my hiatal hernia laid me out again. It was healing, coincidentally when I'd run out of espresso. Then it flared up again... Right after drinking another cup. Damn. Regular coffee and tea don't bother me, but espresso sure as hell does. Well, onward and upward to Plan B. Whatever that is.

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Always enjoy looking in on Dave Cooper's site. His unique style is unmistakable [link]



After regular cuppa java #4, I sent out for espresso to quell the Monday morning blahs. And a Dr Enuf.



{Monday's Browsing}

::FreewayBlogger

Dedicated to free speech and guerilla artists everywhere



:: Sniggle - Culture Jammer's Encylopedia

[via: infoshop]



:: Coffee and Cigarettes trailer. Short stories from Jim Jarmusch that all have coffee and cigarettes in common. [link]



{Quote For Today}

"Free Speech is the right to yell 'Theater!' in a crowded fire." - Abbie Hoffman



Have envelope. Will push.

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:: US Tanks Crush Iraqi Protesters

At least two followers of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr have been killed after throwing themselves in front of US tanks during a demonstration in central Baghdad.



"There were two or three dead among the protestors who threw themselves under American tanks, which could not avoid them on Tahrir square," said Sergeant Abbas Mohamad. Reason #8724 why the war in Iraq sucks. [link]



:: Google Is Watching You

Once it was a plucky upstart, but now the multi-billion-dollar firm is charged with invading our privacy. If their GMail is NOT a hoax, and they're able to get tons of people to sign up with them, that will be too much valuable information for one outfit to have at their disposal. If they aren't tempted themselves to do something nefarious with it, someone else will surely tempt them with lucrative offers. [link]

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NewsMap - A unique visual aid tool for your news. [via: worldchanging]



Michelle has a nice post about deaf people in the work place and the obstacles they may face. Deaf bloggers are invited to stop in and take a quick survey. [link]



Age Gauge site is intriguing. [via: thegofish, who also has pix up of her rambunctious Brittany Spaniel pup, Murphy.]



{bend over and say "ahhh"}

Theo has been sick and just went to the doctor.

Rhonda's not been feeling very well. She's had cold and flu-like symptoms.

Charles was also under the weather this week.



There's more I know I'm forgetting; sending healing vibes your way....

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My daughter and her friends have gone to see HellBoy. And I'm here watching the NCAA Playoffs. GA Tech just won and the U-Conn/Duke game just began.



I've really been slack about blog visiting lately so I've got to catch up on reading some of my blogroll favorites tonight while watching the basketball game and more tomorrow when time permits.

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